69 DU students expelled for entry test fraud

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University (DU) authorities have temporarily expelled 69 students on charge of cheating and adopting unfair means in the university admission test.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the disciplinary council chaired by vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman, according to a press release sent the university.

The 69 students got admitted to the university in the academic sessions 2012-13 to 2017-18, said the release.

It said show-cause notices will be issued against the students asking them to respond to those within seven days.

After the seven days, the release said, the fate of the students will be finalised at a syndicate meeting and the recommendation for expelling them will be forwarded to the highest policymaking body of the university.